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The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), a 1980 law known commonly as Superfund, authorizes EPA to respond to releases to threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health, welfare, or the environment. CERCLA was amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriziation Act (SARA) on October 17, 1986.

Superfund Reforms — Recognizing that there are more hazardous waste sites nationwide than EPA alone can address, and acknowledging the ability of states and tribes to clean up sites effectively, EPA has implemented a variety of reforms to empower states and tribes in the cleanup process.